Our Lady of the Snow - August 5th In the city of Rome there lived a holy nobleman named John. He and his good wife Mary were very devoted to...

St. Dominic - Patron of Astronomers - August 4th This famous founder of the Dominican Order was a Spaniard and the son of Blessed Joan of Az...

St. Germanus of Auxerre - August 3rd This Saint was born in Gaul, which is now France. He studied in Rome and became such a good lawyer that...

St. Alphonsus de Liguori - August 2nd Alphonsus was born in Italy and did so well in his studies that when he was still a teen-ager, he was ...

St. Peter in Chains - August 1st To please the enemies of the Christians, King Herod Agrippa had put St. James to death, and now he planned ...

St. Ignatius of Loyola - Patron of Retreats and of Soldiers - July 31st This famous founder of the Jesuits was a son of one of the most nobl...

Blessed Everard Hanse - July 30th Everard was born in England of a non-Catholic family. He went to the University of Cambridge, and became a...

St. Martha - Patroness of Cooks and Domestic Servants - July 29th Martha was the sister of Mary Magdalen and Lazarus, and she lived with the...

St. Botvid - July 28th This Saint was born in Sweden and brought up a pagan. But when he went to England, he became a Christian. Although he...

St. Pantaleon - Patron of Doctors - July 27th Pantaleon came from Nicomedia, near the Black sea, in Asia. He was such a famous doctor that t...